lop vs pollard

lop is not a noun while pollard is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lop	No	No	Yes	No
pollard	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pollard is a hyponym of lop; that is, pollard is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lop:

Other hyponyms of lop include shear, poll, pinch, top, disbud.

lop (noun)	pollard (noun)
	a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
	a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage

lop (verb)	pollard (verb)
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of	convert into a pollard
cut off from a whole